EP0566376A1 - A method and equipment for sintering fly ashes of incinerated municipal waste - Google Patents
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- the recovered fly ash contains a substantial amount of various heavy metals and dioxins which are toxic even in a small quantity. Accordingly, it is necessary to process the heavy metals and dioxins contained in the fly ash so as to prevent these from flying and eluting, for example, before the fly ash is buried at a final disposal facility.
- a hot blast supply duct 7 for supplying a hot blast into the chamber.
- electric heating elements are provided in the hot blast supply duct 7, drying and preheating chamber 3, ignition chamber 4, and sintering chamber 5.
- electric heating elements are not required to be provided in all the duct 7 and chambers 3, 4, and 5. It may be possible to provide electric heating elements in either one of the duct 7 and chambers 3, 4, and 5.
- TABLE-2 shows respective qualities of seventeen types of coal available in Japan. As seen from TABLE-2, these coals have qualities for this embodiment. Specifically, a volatile component is 25 to 45%, a fixed carbon is 32 to 57%, and a heating value is 6300 to 7000 kcal/kg. This coal is excellent as carbon to be mixed into the raw pellets P. Five or less weight percent, preferably 1 to 3 weight percent, of coal is mixed into the raw pellets P. The reason why the added amount of the coal is set at not larger than 5 weight percent is that an ignition loss of the raw pellets P by the combustion of the coal increases if the added amount thereof is larger than 5 weight percent and the sintered pellets P1 having large rigidity cannot be obtained.
- Portland cement it is sufficient to use commercially available so-called Portland cement.
- bentonite the brand does not need to be specified.
- Sodium bentonite or calcium bentonite may be used. Being formed from decomposed ore such as volcanic ash accumulated at a seabed when volcanoes erupt, the bentonite has an exceedingly large water absorbing function and such a property of expanding as a paste-like material when absorbing the water.
- An example of chemical composition of the Portland cement and bentonite are listed in TABLE-3 below for reference.
- the molder 26 is not limited to the above.
- the type of the molder is selected depending upon the application of the final product pellets.
- the raw pellets P molded in the molder 26 are discharged onto the curing conveyor 27, and are conveyed thereon for about 10 to 30 minutes.
- the raw pellets P are air-dried while being conveyed.
- an ignition burner B By igniting this ignition burner B, the raw pellets P conveyed to the chamber 4 while being preheated at 200 to 400 °C are ignited and burnt.
- the electric heating elements 5c, 7c are also provided in this ignition chamber4 to heat the raw pellets P. The provision of the electric heating elements 5c, 7c in the chamber 4 helps the ignition and combustion of the raw pellets P and ignites the raw pellets P more uniformly than in the existing ignition chamber.
- the sintered pellets P1 are required to have substantially even diameters in the case where they are used as aggregates, the pellets remaining on the vibrating sieve 12 are separated as the product pellets P2 and are sent to the product bunker 13.
- the tiny pellets fallen from the sieve 12 are returned to the molder 26 through the dust solo 22, and are used again as a part of the raw material.
- all the sintered pellets may be product pellets without separating the same by the vibrating sieve 12.
- the sintered pellets P1 are provided with the uniaxial compressive strength of about 20 to 40 (kg/pellet) and the shape thereof is held stably over a long time, they can be disposed safely in a state where they do not give adverse influence on the final disposal facility. Moreover, the sintered pellets P are suitable for many applications including materials for aggregates for concrete, subgrade, backfill, and drain accelerator for flow beds.
- the uniaxial compressive strength of any of the materials No. 6 to No. 11 according to the invention are above the target value. It is found out that the compressive strength increases as the amount of additives increases and that the material preferably contains a combination of 2 to 5 weight percent of solidifying agent represented by the bentonite and 0 to 5 weight percent of self-burning agent (carbon) represented by the fine particle coal.
- the 24 hour water absorption of any material according to the invention is in excess of the target value of 30%.
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- This invention relates to a method and equipment for manufacturing sintered pellets by pelletizing and sintering fly ash out of incinerated ash of municipal waste discharged from a municipal waste incineration facility.
- As well-known, fly ash out of incinerated ash of municipal waste is scavenged and recovered in the form of dusts by a dust collector such as a bag filter.
- The recovered fly ash contains a substantial amount of various heavy metals and dioxins which are toxic even in a small quantity. Accordingly, it is necessary to process the heavy metals and dioxins contained in the fly ash so as to prevent these from flying and eluting, for example, before the fly ash is buried at a final disposal facility.
- As a process for preventing the heavy metals and dioxins from flying and eluting, there has been known a processing method called a cementing method. The cementing method has generally three types: a method of manufacturing spherical pellets (diameter of 10 to 20 mm) from the heavy metals and dioxins by the use of a pan type pelletizer; a method of forming them into cylinders (20 mm (diameter) x 30 mm (length)) by the use of a kneading and extruding apparatus; and a method of pelletizing them into lumps having various diameters (diameter of 5 to 50 mm) by the use of a vibrating pelletizer.
- However, in the case of the fly ash of incinerated municipal waste, the heavy metals can be almost prevented from eluting by the cementing method. However, the fly ash contains various salts originating from the municipal waste as shown in a component table of fly ash (TABLE-1), and a substantial amount of dioxins having most toxicities. Accordingly, there cannot be obtained pellets of high rigidity even if the fly ash is solidified by the cementing method. If these pellets are stored for a long time, the salts elute and pulverize by the decay phenomenon of pellets, thereby increasing the likelihood that toxic substances such as dioxins fly again.
- The toxicity of dioxins increases as the density of dioxins in fly ash increases as shown in Fig. 6 which is a graph showing a relationship between the density of dioxins in fly ash and the toxicity.
- Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-256747 discloses a method for sintering coal fly ash scavenged from a combustion equipment such as a boilerwhich burns not municipal waste but coal. This method pelletizes and sinters coal fly ash so as to manufacture lightweight aggregates using a sintering equipment as shown in Fig. 5.
- Hereafter, the
sintering equipment 1 disclosed in the above publication will be described summarily. Thesintering equipment 1 is provided with agrate 2 constructed so that horizontal rods move circulatorily as in a caterpillar. Above thegrate 2 are arranged a drying and preheating chamber 3 for preheating raw pellets P conveyed thereto on thegrate 2, anignition chamber 4 including an unillustrated ignition burner for igniting the raw pellets P, and asintering chamber 5 for sintering the ignited raw pellets P. There is also arranged acooling zone 6 downstream from thesintering chamber 5 with respect to a conveying direction of the pellets so as to cool the sintered pellets P1. - Upstream from the
grate 2 are arranged adust silo 22, acoal ash silo 25, akneader 26a for kneading the dusts and coal supplied from thesilos pan type pelletizer 25 for pelletizing the kneaded matter supplied from thekneader 26a. Downstream from thegrate 2 are arranged acrusher 11 for crushing the sintered pellets P1 and a vibratingsieve 12 for separating the crushed sintered pellets P1. - The dust and coal ashes stored in the
dust silo 22 and thecoal ash silo 25 are supplied to thekneader 26a to be kneaded therein. The kneaded matter is then supplied to thepan type pelletizer 26 to be pelletized into raw pellets P, which are supplied to a portion of thegrate 2 upstream from the drying and preheating chamber 3 through ahopper 26b. - The raw pellets P supplied to the
grate 2 are dried and preheated in the drying and preheating chamber 3 while being conveyed by thegrate 2; ignited in theignition chamber 4; and sintered in thesintering chamber 5 so as to obtain sintered pellets P1. These sintered pellets P1 are cooled in thecooling zone 6. Through thecrusher 11 and the vibratingsieve 12, only product pellets P2 having a specified particle size become light- weight aggregates. Those having fallen through perforations of the vibratingsieve 12 are returned to thedust silo 22. Ores and dusts fallen from thegrate 2 are returned to thedust silo 22 together with the dusts from the vibratingsieve 12. - Further, a municipal waste incineration facility is required to burn the municipal waste completely to the extent that an ignition loss becomes 3% or less. Since the municipal waste is in fact burned completely so as to meet this requirement, the fly ash contains hardly carbons but salts in a large quantity as described above. Further, since the properties of the fly ash themselves such as a melting point differ from those of the coal ash, the lightweight aggregates cannot be manufactured easily by adopting the method and the conditions for sintering the coal ash as they are.
- Furthermore, the coal ash sintering equipment is a large-scale equipment in which the coal ash are normally sintered 200 to 300 tons/day (7 to 12 tons/hour). Contrary to this, an equipment for processing the fly ash discharged from the municipal waste incineration facility is sufficient to be a small-scale equipment of sintering the
fly ash 10 to 50 tons/day (0.4 to 2 tons/hours). - Moreover, the fly ash sintering equipment is required to operate intermittently for shorter than 24 hours per day or continuously for 24 hours per day in accordance with a general operating time of 8 to 24 hours per day of the municipal waste incineration facility. Thus, the fly ash sintering equipment must be capable of coping with either operation mode of the municipal waste incineration facility flexibly.
- Particularly, in the case where the incinerated ash of the municipal waste is processed, a processing cost is an essential determination point in determining whether the equipment will be adopted. Thus, there is an increasing demand for a sintering equipment capable of manufacturing stable products which are low in investment and operation cost.
- In view thereof, the present invention has been intended to overcome the problems residing in the prior art.
- The present invention has overcome the problems by a method comprising steps of adding water, carbon, and a binder to fly ash of incinerated municipal waste discharged from a municipal waste incineration facility, kneading the mixture into raw pellets, holding these raw pellets at a high temperature for a predetermined time.
- It may preferable to add 5 or less weight percent carbon may be added to 75 or more weight percent fly ash of incinerated municipal waste. Also, it may be preferable to use a mixture or either one of 10 or less weight percent of cement and bentonite as the binder. Further, it may be preferable to sinter the raw pellets at a temperature of 900 to 1300 °C for one minute or more.
- According to the above methods, since the fly ash is added and mixed with water, carbon, and binder, and kneaded into raw pellets, and sintered at a high temperature, the stable sintered pellets can be manufactured. Also, toxic dioxins contained in the fly ash are thermally decomposed due to the high temperature in the sintering process.
- The added carbon is burned in the sintering process to generate heat which is contributable to the acquire- mentof satisfactory sintered pellets. Also, the added amount of carbon is set at not larger than 5 weight percent, there can be prevented an event where a larger amount of carbon is burnt to make the sintered pellet porous. As a result, the sintered pellets having high rigidity can be obtained.
- Also, the addition of cement and bentonite assures stable pellets owing to the tenacity of the cement and bentonite, and prevents sintered pellets from decaying in storage owing to the solidifying force of the cement and bentonite. Also, the added amount of heavy and expensive cement and bentonite is set at not larger than 10 weight percent, the obtained sintered pellets are relatively light-weight. This facilitates the handling of the pellets such as transportation and avoids an increase in a manufacturing cost.
- Moreover, since the raw pellets are sintered at a temperature of 900 to 1300°C for longer than 1 minute, the dioxins contained in the fly ash are thermally decomposed and the heavy metals are fixed within the sintered pellets.
- The invention is also directed to an equipment for sintering fly ash of incinerated municipal waste comprising an endless moving grate having a horizontal portion for carrying a material to be sintered; a drying and preheating chamber for drying and preheating the material; an ignition chamber for igniting the sintered material; a sintering chamber for sintering the sintered material, the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber being disposed above the moving grate; a hot blast supply duct for supplying a hot blast into the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber; and electric heating means provided in either one or both the interior of the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber and the interior of the duct.
- It may be preferable to arrange a refractory in each of the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, sintering chamber, and duct so as to cover an inner wall thereof and the electric heating means.
- According to the above sintering equipment, since the electric heating means is provided in either one or both of the interior of the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber and the interior of the duct, the sintered material on the moving grate and the hot blast in the duct can be heated by the electric heating means. This compensates for a reduction in a heat retaining effect resulting from a smaller construction of the sintering equipment.
- Further, the sintering temperature can be controlled easily by regulating an amount of power applied to the electric heating elements, thereby improving the accuracy of the temperature control.
- Moreover, the temperature of the sintering equipment can be raised rapidly at the start of the operation by heating the sintering equipment forcibly with the electric heating means, thereby enabling a rapid start-up of the equipment. As a result, a loss time in the operating time is reduced to increase a working efficiency and thus an intermittent operation during which the equipment is started many times can be carried out efficiently.
- Furthermore, by utilizing power from a private power generator provided in a municipal waste incineration facility for generating power utilizing waste heat as power supplied to the electric heating elements, a processing cost for the fly ash can be reduced greatly.
- Moreover, the heat evolved from the electric heating elements can be retained in the drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber due to a heat insulating effect of the refractories, thereby providing a satisfactory thermal efficiency.
- These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon a reading of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an exemplary construction of an equipment according to the invention for sintering fly ash of incinerated municipal waste;
- Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 is a chart showing how heat energy is utilized;
- Fig. 4 is a graph showing a relationship between the processing temperature and the amount of remained dioxins;
- Fig. 5 is a construction diagram showing an equipment of the prior art for sintering fly ash of coal; and
- Fig. 6 is a graph showing a relationship between the density of dioxins and the toxicity.
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sintering equipment 1 is basically provided with agrate 2 which is driven circulatorily as in a caterpillar, a drying and preheating chamber 3 arranged above thegrate 2, anignition chamber 4 arranged downstream from the drying and preheating chamber 3, and asintering chamber 5 arranged further downstream from theignition chamber 4. On thegrate 2 downstream from thesintering chamber 5 is defined acooling zone 6. - The
grate 2 is wound around a pair of transversely spaced sprockets, and is driven circulatorily through the sprockets by drivingly rotating an unillustrated drive means. Thegrate 2 conveys raw pellets P supplied from apelletizer 20 to be described later according to the circulatory movement thereof. - Each of the drying and preheating chamber 3,
ignition chamber 4, andsintering chamber 5 is formed into a hood so as to cover a top portion of thegrate 2. The pellets P are conveyed below these chambers. The drying and preheating chamber 3 dries the raw pellets P being conveyed on thegrate 2; theignition chamber 4 ignites the raw pellets P dried in the chamber 3; and thesintering chamber 5 sinters the raw pellets P ignited in thechamber 4. The raw pellets P having passed through thesintering chamber 5 become sintered pellets P. - At a ceiling of each of the drying and preheating chamber 3,
ignition chamber 4, andsintering chamber 5 is provided a hotblast supply duct 7 for supplying a hot blast into the chamber. - On the underside of an upper portion of the
grate 2 on which the raw pellets P and sintered pellets P1 are conveyed are arranged a plurality ofwind boxes 8 sequentially from an upstream side to a downstream side in a conveying direction. Below thewind boxes 8 are providedexhaust ducts 9, which are in communication with an inducedblower 10. The air and combustion gas in the drying and preheating chamber 3,ignition chamber 4, andsintering chamber 5 pass through a layer of the raw pellets P and sintered pellets P1, and are aspirated by the inducedblower 10 through thegrate 2,wind boxes 8, andexhaust ducts 9. The combustion gas aspirated by the inducedblower 10 are recycled to thechambers blast supply ducts 7. In this way, the heat in the equipment is utilized effectively through the recirculation. - Downstream from the cooling zone of the
grate 2 is provided acrusher 11. A vibratingsieve 12 is provided downstream from thecrusher 11. The sintered pellets P supplied from thecooling zone 6 of thegrate 2 are crushed if necessary and are separated by the vibratingsieve 12. Tiny pellets fallen below through perforations of the vibratingsieve 12, ores and dusts fallen from thegrate 2 are joined and returned to adust silo 22 of thepelletizer 20 so as to be used again. Those remaining on the vibratingsieve 12 become product pellets P2, which are supplied to aproduct bunker 13 provided downstream from the vibratingsieve 12. The product pellets P2 are stored in thebunker 13 temporarily. The product pellets P2 stored in thebunker 13 are discharged to a transport means such as a truck whenever necessary, and are transported outside the system. - The
pelletizer 20 includes awater tank 21, adust silo 22, acarbon silo 23, acement silo 24, afly ash silo 25, amolder 26, and a curingconveyor 27. Thewater tank 21 stores water to be used in a kneading operation. Thedust silo 22 stores the tiny pellets, the dusts fallen from thegrate 2, and the like. Thecarbon silo 23 stores carbon which is self-burning fuel for the raw pellets P. Thecement silo 24 stores cement and bentonite as a solidifying agent. Thefly ash silo 25 stores fly ash recovered by a dust collector or the like in a municipal waste incineration facility H. The molder25 molds materials supplied from the above storages into raw pellets P having specified shape and size. The curingconveyor 27 conveys the raw pellets P molded by themolder 26 to a most upstream side of thegrate 2. - At the
water tank 21 is provided an unillustrated control valve whose opening is adjusted so as to regulate an amount of water to be supplied to themolder 26. At the bottom of each of thedust silo 22,carbon silo 23,cement silo 24, and flyash silo 25 is provided an unillustrated table feeder. A rotating speed of each table feeder is controlled so as to regulate an amount of content stored in the corresponding silo to be supplied to themolder 26. - When a predetermined amount of water is supplied from the
water tank 21 to themolder 26, predetermined amounts of dust, carbon, cement or bentonite, and fly ash are supplied respectively from thedust silo 22,carbon silo 23,cement silo 24, and flyash silo 25 to themolder 26. The dust, carbon, cement or bentonite, and fly ash supplied to themolder 26 are kneaded under the presence of simultaneously supplied water for the kneading into raw pellets P. - According to the invention,
electric heating elements 5c are buried in inner walls of the drying and preheating chamber 3, ignition chamber4, andsintering chamber 5 provided above thegrate 2, and in innerwalls of the respective hotblast supply ducts 7. - Since the drying and preheating chamber 3, ignition chamber4, and
sintering chamber 5 are constructed substantially identically, the construction thereof will be described taking thesintering chamber 5 shown in Fig. 5 as an example. Thesintering chamber 5 is made of a refractory 5b. An outer circumferential surface of thesintering chamber 5 is covered with aniron shell 5a. Side portions of the refractory 5b extend vertically so as to hold opposite side portions of thegrate 2 therebetween. Theelectric heating elements 5c are buried in the inner walls of the side portions and a ceiling portion of the refractory 5b. Theshell 5a extends below thesintering chamber 5 to thereby define thewind box 8 in the form of a hopper. A bottom portion of thewind box 8 is in communication with theexhaust duct 9. - A top portion of the
sintering chamber 5 is in communication with the hotblast supply duct 7 made of a refractory 7b. An outer circumferential surface of the hotblast supply duct 7 is also covered with aniron shell 7a. In the hotblast supply duct 7 are provided bar-likeelectric heating elements 7c which traverse theduct 7 horizontally. - In this embodiment is used the bar-like
electric heating elements 7c, the so-called radiant tubes. A radiant tube has a heater therein and radiates heat from an outside surface thereof. The shape of a heating element is not limited to the form of a bar. In consideration of a heating efficiency of the hot blast, it may be possible to provide an electric tubular heating element provided with radiation fins on the outside surface thereof, or an electric heating element in a spiral form, or an electric heating element in a zigzag form. - Also, in the above embodiment, electric heating elements are provided in the hot
blast supply duct 7, drying and preheating chamber 3,ignition chamber 4, andsintering chamber 5. However, according to the invention, electric heating elements are not required to be provided in all theduct 7 andchambers duct 7 andchambers - In above embodiment, also, the
electric heating elements 7 are provided in theduct 7 in the traverse direction. However, it may be possible to provide electric heating elements in the wall of theduct 7. - Further, although the
duct 7, andchambers - Next, description will be given on how heat energy is utilized according to the invention with reference to a chart shown in Fig. 3. Conventionally, heavy oil used for the ignition and carbon used for the sintering are supplied to the
sintering equipment 1 so as to sinter the raw pellets by the heat of combustion of the heavy oil and carbon. However, according to the invention, in addition to these heat energies, power is generated in a private power generation facility using the steam generated from a waste heat boiler of the municipal waste incineration facility H. The obtained privately generated power is separated and supplied to thesintering equipment 1 as an equipment operating power and a heating power. - The equipment operating power is used to drive various drive devices in the
sintering equipment 1, and the heating power is supplied to the respectiveelectric heating elements sintering chamber 5 and the hotblast supply duct 7 shown in Fig. 2. In this way, a poor thermal efficiency resulting from a smaller size of thesintering equipment 1 is compensated for. Particularly, if an automatic control is executed such that an amount of power supplied to the respectiveelectric heating elements sintering chamber 5 at a predetermined value, the start-up of thesintering equipment 1 can be carried out rapidly and the temperature in thesintering chamber 5 can be regulated minutely. - There will be next described the carbon used in this embodiment. The carbon is mixed into the raw pellets so that the raw pellets P themselves burn internally during a sintering operation to be sintered effectively. Any carbon is usable provided that it contains a substantial amount of carbon components. In this embodiment is used coal crushed into fine particles having a diameter of not larger than 100 µm by a ball mill.
- TABLE-2 shows respective qualities of seventeen types of coal available in Japan. As seen from TABLE-2, these coals have qualities for this embodiment. Specifically, a volatile component is 25 to 45%, a fixed carbon is 32 to 57%, and a heating value is 6300 to 7000 kcal/kg. This coal is excellent as carbon to be mixed into the raw pellets P. Five or less weight percent, preferably 1 to 3 weight percent, of coal is mixed into the raw pellets P. The reason why the added amount of the coal is set at not larger than 5 weight percent is that an ignition loss of the raw pellets P by the combustion of the coal increases if the added amount thereof is larger than 5 weight percent and the sintered pellets P1 having large rigidity cannot be obtained.
- There will be next described the cement and bentonite used in this invention. These cement and bentonite are mixed into the raw pellets P so as to produce hard sintered pellets P1 by a solidifying function thereof. It may be appropriate to mix only either one of the cement and bentonite into the raw pellets P or to mix a mixture of the cement and bentonite into the raw pellets P.
- It is sufficient to use commercially available so-called Portland cement. Regarding the bentonite, the brand does not need to be specified. Sodium bentonite or calcium bentonite may be used. Being formed from decomposed ore such as volcanic ash accumulated at a seabed when volcanoes erupt, the bentonite has an exceedingly large water absorbing function and such a property of expanding as a paste-like material when absorbing the water. An example of chemical composition of the Portland cement and bentonite are listed in TABLE-3 below for reference.
- As shown in TABLE-3, the Portland cement and the bentonite have substantially similar components except that the former is rich in calcium and the latter is rich in silica in the composition thereof. Since either one of these is provided with a function as a bonding agent or solidifying agent, they are used as assisting agents for bonding the sintered pellets P1 strongly.
- Hereafter, the sintering equipment as an embodiment of the invention will be described more in detail to- getherwith an action thereof with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
- In the
pelletizer 20, the fly ash as a main material recovered from the waste incineration facility H, the dusts as assisting agents which are recovered waste produced in thesintering equipment 1, the coal (carbon) as self-burning fuel crushed into fine particles of a diameter of not larger than 100 f..lm, and the cement or bentonite as a solidifying agent are supplied from thefly ash silo 25,dust silo 22,carbon silos 23, andcement silo 24 to themolder 25 by operating the unillustrated table feeders provided at the respective silos. In addition to the above materials, the water as a kneading medium is supplied from thewater tank 21 to themolder 26. - An amount of coal supplied from the
carbon silo 23 to themolder 26 is set at not larger than 5 weight percent, preferably 1 to 3 weight percent, to themolder 26. Further, an amount of cement or bentonite supplied from thecement silo 24 is set at not larger than 10 weight percent, preferably 1 to 5 weight percent, to themolder 26. Moreover, an amount of water supplied from thewater tank 21 is set at such a suitable value that the kneading operation can be carried out in themolder 26 satisfactorily. - In this embodiment, a known double shaft screw type extruder is used as the
molder 26 as shown in Fig. 1. The materials supplied to themolder 26 are pushed at a high pressure toward an outlet thereof according to the rotation of the screw and are extruded therefrom. At the outlet of themolder 26 is provided a die including a multitude of discharge ports having a diameter of about 20 mm. The kneaded material is made into the raw pellets P having a diameter of about 20 mm and a length of 30 to 50 mm after passing through the discharge ports. When the raw pellets P of a different size are produced, the die will be replaced with the one including discharge ports having a corresponding diameter. - Although the double shaft screw type extruder is used as the
molder 26 in this embodiment, themolder 26 is not limited to the above. In the case of the production of spherical pellets, it will be appropriate to use a known pan type pelletizer. In the case of the production of pellets of a random diameter, it will be appropriate to use a known vibrating pelletizer. The type of the molder is selected depending upon the application of the final product pellets. - The raw pellets P molded in the
molder 26 are discharged onto the curingconveyor 27, and are conveyed thereon for about 10 to 30 minutes. The raw pellets P are air-dried while being conveyed. - The raw pellets P molded and conveyed in this way are supplied and piled on the
grate 2 of thesintering equipment 1. Above the most upstream portion of thegrate 2 is provided atiny pellet silo 28 for storing tiny pellets fallen through the perforations of thesieve 12 when the product pellets are obtained. The tiny pellets are supplied onto thegrate 2 before the raw pellets P are piled thereon. Thus, a layer of raw pellets P is formed on a sole pellet layer of the tiny pellets on the upper surface of thegrate 2 as shown in Fig. 2. The reason why two layers of pellets are formed on thegrate 2 in this way is to protect thegrate 2 from the high temperature heat when the raw pellets P are sintered. - It is suitable to set a width of the
grate 2 at 600 mm and a thickness of the raw pellet layer at about 200 mm, for example, in the case of thesintering equipment 1 having a sintering capability of about 1 ton/hour. A production capability of thesintering equipment 1 is determined by a value: the width of the grate 2 x the thickness of the raw pellet layer x a moving speed of thegrate 2. However, it is preferable to set the thickness of the raw pellet layer P at about 200 to 300 mm under any condition. - The raw pellets P supplied onto the
grate 2 are, in the drying and preheating chamber 3, dried by the hot blast heated by theelectric heating elements electric heating elements 7c provided in the hotblast supply ducts 7 are supplied in a state where the temperature thereof is actively controllable, and the raw pellets P are directly heated by theelectric heating elements 5c provided in thesintering chamber 5. Therefore, theequipment 1 is capable of coping with a start-up thereof and an intermittent operation thereof rapidly and properly. - In the following
ignition chamber 4 is provided an ignition burner B. By igniting this ignition burner B, the raw pellets P conveyed to thechamber 4 while being preheated at 200 to 400 °C are ignited and burnt. Theelectric heating elements electric heating elements chamber 4 helps the ignition and combustion of the raw pellets P and ignites the raw pellets P more uniformly than in the existing ignition chamber. - In the following
sintering chamber 5, the raw pellets P ignited in the preceding process burn themselves by the combustion of the carbon (fine carbon particles) which is a combustible component, and the temperature thereof rises to about 900 to 1300 °C. The sintering proceeds while the raw pellets P are exposed to the air at this temperature for about 1 minute, with result that the raw pellets P become the sintered pellets P1. Theelectric heating elements sintering chamber 5, and assist to sinter the raw pellets P efficiently. - The amount of heat of the
electric heating elements electric heating elements duct 7 andchambers duct 7 andchambers electric heating elements - Thus obtained sintered pellets P1 are cooled through a heat exchange with the air aspirated by the aspirating force of the induced
blower 10 in the following cooling zone of thegrate 2. Since the cooled sintered pellets P1 may be fused with one another depending upon the property of the fly ash, they are crushed into individual particles in thecrusher 11 in a next process of thegrate 2. Thereby, the obtained particles are supplied to the vibratingsieve 12 if necessary to be separated. - More specifically, since the sintered pellets P1 are required to have substantially even diameters in the case where they are used as aggregates, the pellets remaining on the vibrating
sieve 12 are separated as the product pellets P2 and are sent to theproduct bunker 13. The tiny pellets fallen from thesieve 12 are returned to themolder 26 through thedust solo 22, and are used again as a part of the raw material. However, in the case where it is designed to process the toxic substances such as dioxins contained in the fly ash, all the sintered pellets may be product pellets without separating the same by the vibratingsieve 12. - The ores and dusts fallen from the
grate 2 are collected onto arecovery conveyor 9a through thewind boxes 8 and theexhaust ducts 9; returned to thedust silo 22 together with the tiny pellets; and reused as a part of the raw material. - Working conditions including residence times of the raw pellets P, P1 in the drying and preheating chamber 3,
ignition chamber 5,sintering chamber 5, andcooling zone 6 of the sintering equipment, and the temperature, and a production amount are controlled suitably in consideration of a moving speed of thegrate 2 and the thickness of the raw pellet layer. For example, in the case of thesintering equipment 1 having the sintering capability of about 1 ton/hour, working conditions shown in TABLE-4 are adopted as standards. - In the case where a huge amount of calcium hydroxide powders and calcium hydroxide slurry are used to remove toxic gas such as hydrochloric acid gas in an exhaust gas process unit of the municipal waste incineration facility H, a large amount of calcium hydroxide and compounds thereof are contained in the raw fly ash. These components exhibit the function of the cement and bentonite, with the result that a mixed amount of cement or the like can be reduced.
- Although a large amount of dioxins are contained in the fly ash obtained from the municipal waste incineration facility H, the amount of dioxins in the fly ash decreases in inverse proportion to an amount of heat given to the fly ash, i.e. a multiple of the processing temperature by the processing time. For example, if the fly ash is processed at 525°C for 10 minutes, the density of the dioxins which is initially about 7000 ng/g is reduced to about 500 ng/g. According to the invention, since the fly ash is exposed to the high temperature air of 900 to 1300°C, the dioxins are decomposed reliably. Thus, the sintered pellets P1 or product pellets P2 do not give adverse influence on the environment.
- Heavy metals contained in the fly ash melt at particle surfaces of powders by processing the raw pellets P at a high temperature, and are fixed at the sintered portions. Accordingly, the heavy metals are contained in the sintered pellets P1, thereby suppressing the elution thereof effectively. Particularly, toxic hexavalent Cr is reduced to harmless trivalent Cr since the interior of the pellets are held in a reducing atmosphere by the combustion of the carbon in the raw pellets P. Likewise, various heavy metals are stabilized in safer forms.
- Various salts contained in the fly ash obtained from the municipal waste incineration facility H function to lower the melting temperature of the fly ash together with the heavy metals. Accordingly, if the amount of carbon mixed in the product pellets P2 is increased as in the prior art, the sintering temperature becomes too high and the sintered pellets P1 are fused into a large mass by the melting of the fly ash, thereby deterring the manufacturing of satisfactory product pellets P2.
- In view of the above, according to the invention, the amount of carbon mixed in the raw pellets P is set as small as not larger than 5 weight percent so as to suppress a temperature increase by the self-sustaining burning of the raw pellets P, thereby eliminating the likelihood that the sintered pellets are fused with one another.
- Further, according to the invention, the self-sustained heat of the raw pellets P can be reduced since the heat obtained by supplying free power generated privately using the waste heat boiler to the
electric heating elements - The
sintering equipment 1 is advantageous in the operation thereof. Specifically, since theelectric heating elements heating elements sintering equipment 1 to a steady-state during the start-up thereof is reduced to 1/2 (about 30 minutes) compared to the prior art, and the starting operation of thesintering equipment 1 can be carried out rapidly. Therefore, thesintering equipment 1 is capable of coping efficiently with the intermittent operation which requires many starting operations. - Further, since the sintered pellets P1 are provided with the uniaxial compressive strength of about 20 to 40 (kg/pellet) and the shape thereof is held stably over a long time, they can be disposed safely in a state where they do not give adverse influence on the final disposal facility. Moreover, the sintered pellets P are suitable for many applications including materials for aggregates for concrete, subgrade, backfill, and drain accelerator for flow beds.
- In order to examine the performance of the sintered pellets obtained by the method and equipment according to the invention, a sintering test is conducted using the
sintering equipment 1 of 1/1 scale having a production capability of 1 ton/hour. As a main material, only the fly ash scavenged by the dust collector of the municipal waste incineration facility are used, but the dusts and ores generated in the system of thesintering equipment 1 are not used. - A plurality of mixtures of the fly ash with the additives are prepared by mixing the solidifying agent and self-burning agents with the fly ash at different mixing ratios. These mixtures are supplied to the double shaft
screw type molder 26 together with the water as a kneading agent and the raw pellets P are molded in themolder 26. The amount of the mixture is set at 84 weight percent in the total amount of the raw kneading material, and the amount of water is set at 16 weight percent in the total amount of the raw kneading material. Bentonite is used as the solidifying agent, and fine particle coal crushed into fine particles of a diameter of not larger than 100 f..lm are used as the self-burning agent. - There are eleven kinds of material samples thus prepared. The material samples No. 1 to No. 5 shown in TABLE-5 are those of comparative examples in which no additives are mixed. The material samples of No. 6 to No. 8 are those in which 2 weight percent of bentonite is added in the mixture excluding water but no fine particle coal is added. The material sample of No. 9 is the one in which 2 weight percent of bentonite and 4.5 weight percent of fine particle coal are added. The material sample of No. 10 is the one in which 5 weight percent of bentonite and 3 weight percent of fine particle coal are added. The material sample of No. 11 is the one in which maximum 10 weight percent of bentonite and 3 weight percent of fine particle coal are added. Sintering conditions (sintering time and sintering temperature) are set at mutually different values as shown in TABLE-5. It will be appreciated that the sintering time is a sum of residence times of the raw pellets P in the drying and preheating chamber 3,
ignition chamber 4, andsintering chamber 5 and that the sintering temperature is the temperature in theignition chamber 4. - Each of the aforementioned material samples is supplied to the
molder 26 to mold the raw pellets P. Thus obtained raw pellets P are supplied continuously onto thegrate 2 so as to manufacture the sintered pellets P1. The product pellets remaining on the vibratingsieve 12 are sampled when the sintered state is stabilized so as to measure the quality of the products (24 hour water absorption, uniaxial compressive strength). - The 24 hour water absorption is a value obtained by, when the product pellet P2 is immersed in the water for 24 hours, dividing a weight difference of the pellet P2 before and after the immersion by a weight of the pellet P2 after the immersion. The uniaxial compressive strength is a value of a compressive force when one product pellet P2 is destroyed by a press. Mean values of the results of the experiments conducted on a plurality of product pellets P2 are used as data for the 24 hour water absorption and the uniaxial compressive strength. The experiment results were as shown in TABLE-5 below.
- As seen from this table, the uniaxial compressive strength of none of the materials No. 1 to No. 5 reaches a target value of 5 (kg/pellet). With this compressive strength, there are many cases where the product pellets P2 cannot resist against the open piling, the burial in the soil, and the digging and are broken when used as soil improving and gardening materials. Thus, the value of the pellets P2 as products is low. The 24 hour water absorption is in excess of a target value, namely 30%, under any sintering condition.
- On the contrary, the uniaxial compressive strength of any of the materials No. 6 to No. 11 according to the invention are above the target value. It is found out that the compressive strength increases as the amount of additives increases and that the material preferably contains a combination of 2 to 5 weight percent of solidifying agent represented by the bentonite and 0 to 5 weight percent of self-burning agent (carbon) represented by the fine particle coal. The 24 hour water absorption of any material according to the invention is in excess of the target value of 30%.
- As described in detailed above, by adding not larger than 5 weight percent of carbon and water to not larger than 75 weight percentoffly ash, there can be suppressed an event where the sintered pellets are made porous due to the combustion of the carbon which are combustible components. Thus, products of good quality can be obtained. Further, satisfactory sintered pellets which are cheap and easy to handle because they are not too heavy can be manufactured by adding not larger than 10 weight percent of cement or bentonite to the fly ash in addition to water.
- Since the raw pellets obtained through the molding are sintered at a temperature of 900 to 1000 °C for longer than 1 minute, all the dioxins contained in the fly ash are thermally decomposed and heavy metals are fixed, thereby particularly eliminating the likelihood that the dioxins fly or elute as by the conventional cementing method. Thus, the sintering method according to the invention is effective enormously in the environmental preservation.
- Further, with the sintering equipment according to the invention, electric heating elements are provided either one or both of the interior of a drying and preheating chamber, ignition chamber, and sintering chamber and the interior of ducts. Accordingly, the raw pellets on a grate and hot blasts in the ducts can be heated by the electric heating elements, which compensates for a reduction in a heat retaining effect resulting from a smaller construction of the sintering equipment.
- Moreover, a sintering temperature can be controlled easily by regulating an amount of power applied to the electric heating elements, thereby improving the accuracy of the temperature control.
- Furthermore, the temperature of the sintering equipment rises rapidly at the start of the operation since the sintering equipment is heated forcibly by the electric heating elements, thereby enabling a rapid start-up of the equipment. As a result, a loss time in the operation time is reduced to increase a working efficiency and thus an intermittent operation during which the equipment is started many times can be carried out efficiently.
- Further, by utilizing power from a private power generator provided in a municipal waste incineration facility for generating power utilizing waste heat as power supplied to the electric heating elements, a processing cost for the fly ash can be reduced greatly.
- As described above, the invention contributes to reduction in an operation cost of the municipal waste incineration facility since the processing cost for the fly ash can be reduced greatly.
- Although the present invention has been fully described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, unless otherwise such changes and modifications depart from the scope of the present invention, they should be construed as being included therein.
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